What will the house look like in the future? Could it have gardens on its walls, or a pool with fish for dinner? Architects(建筑师) believe that they are all possible. The only thing for sure is that the houses will be as green as possible.

The tree house

Many architects in the world would like to build a “tree house.” Like a leaf, the surface of the house collects sunlight during the day. The energy can be used to heat water, produce electricity, and even create fresh air for the home. The “root” (根) of the house is deep under the ground. It uses the soil (土壤) to keep the home’s temperature.

 The Lizard house

Like a lizard (蜥蜴), changing color with the weather is the most important design of a lizard house. When it’s in the bright sun, the cover of the house will turn dark to protect it from strong heat. During dark days, it turns white and takes in as much light and heat as possible to produce energy.

 Meals at home

This design is perhaps as much about the future of food production as architecture (建筑风格). It has gardens on the outside wall of the house. People can plant tomatoes, carrots and green tea on them. So every day in the morning, you just need to walk outside and collect your meals.

Learning from the past

Looking to the future isn’t the only way to be green. Sometimes, ancient techniques (古老的技术) can also help cut down energy use. For example, a chimney (烟囱) can be a useful air conditioner because it is easier to flow out hot air from the chimney.

1.What is the best title (标题) of the passage?

A.Green house of the future

B.The greener, the better

C.How to build green houses

D.Changes of the houses

2.We can heat water, produce electricity or create fresh air for the home_______.

A.with the root of a leaf

B.with the energy from sunlight

C.with the soil under the ground

D.with gardens on its walls

3.What will happen to the cover of the lizard house when it’s in the bright sun?

A.It will take in light.

B.It will produce energy.

C.It will turn dark.

D.It will turn white.

4.The passage seems to tell us that meals at home in the future________.            .

A.will be more delicious

B.need more cooks

C.cost as much as possible

D.will be greener

5. A chimney can be a useful air conditioner but it used to cause________.          .

A.pollution

B.accident

C.noise

D.techniques

 

Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly? Or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?

If you do, you need to control(控制) your feelings and stop getting angry so easily. Getting angry easily can make you lose friends.

Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, wrote My Feelings are Just Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. It tells teens how to stay cool when bad things happen to them. The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. It can not make them better. “Getting angry is not a natural way to act”, the book says. It is just a bad habit, like smoking. The book says you can control your anger easily, and all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry.

When a baby falls over, it cries only when people are watching it. Like a baby, you can only get angry if you are sure it is the right thing to do.

The book gives many suggestions to help you if you get angry easily. Here are the top three.

①Keep a record. Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry too easily.

②Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.

③Do something different. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh!

1.The writer wants to tell us ____.

A.not to get angry easily

B.to work hard at school

C.to do more exercises

D.to help each other

2.The writer thinks that if you get angry easily you will ____.

A.get ill very easily

B.lose your friends

C.put on weight easily

D.eat less

3.My Feelings are Just Like Wild Animals is a ____.

A.story

B.book

C.picture

D.film

4.My Feelings are Just Like Wild Animals mainly tells us ____.

A.what to read

B.how to read

C.how to stay cool

D.how to learn English well

5.In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “it” refers to(指的是)____.

A.the book

B.anger

C.habit

D.the baby

 

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